I Have Discovered Three Things

Criticism Does Not Disturb Me, For I Am My Own Severest Critic. Always In My Playing I Strive To Surpass Myself, And It Is This Constant Struggle That Makes Music Fascinating To Me.

If The Almighty Himself Played The Violin, The Credits Would Still Read 'rubinstein, God, And Piatigorsky', In That Order.

When People Come To Play Music As They Do To Play Bridge, Civilization Will Have Taken The Longest Stride Forward Since The Beginning Of Time.

If I Don't Practice One Day, I Know It; Two Days, The Critics Know It; Three Days, The Public Knows It.

Practice Like It Means Everything In The World To You. Perform Like You Don't Give A Damn.